Ticket-holder for car-seats



' (Model.)

0. S. MAGANN.

TICKET HOLDER FOR OAR SEATS! No. 274,621. Patented. Mgr. 27, 1888.

New Jersey, have invented a new and useful UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cEowELL s. MAGANN, OF RAHWAY, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-HALF To ALEXANDER 000K, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TICKET-HOLDER FOR CAR-SEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,621, dated March 27, 1883.

- Application filed May12,1882. (Modem To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CEowELL S. MAGANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rahway, in the county of Union and State of Improvement'in Railroad-Ticket Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in an attachment to the back of the seat of a railroad passenger-car for holding the ticket of a passenger within sight of the conductor, and also in front of and in sight of the passenger.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specifiation, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the reversible back of a railwaycar seatof sufiicient width for two passengers, with my improvement attached thereto, which improvement is shown in section at A A, 866., Fig. 1. The attachment is shown in vertical longitudinal section in Fig. 2, in which the springs B B B, that press onto and hold the ticket, are shown.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the ticketholder,showin g the ticketO inserted, being held by the springs B B B against the beveled-edged bed D. E is the housing or cover which protects the springs B B B from injury, which cover, together with the bed D, is fastened to the back of the seat, in the manner shown in Fig.1, by means of screws F'F, &c. As a substitute for the springs B B B, rubber may be used, of such thickness as to allow the ticket to pass between the under side of the rubher and the upper side of the beveled-edged plate D. l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The above-described device, (as an improvement in ticket-holders adapted to be permanent] y attached to the back of a car seaa) consistiug of the beveled-edged plate 1), provided with springs B B B, as shown, in combination with a cover or housing, E, all arranged as shown and described.

CROWELL S. MAOANN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WRIGHT, W. E. CLARK. 

